Hello X-BP'rs!
I figured rather than saying Welcome to every X-BP'r, I'd just post a Hello & Welcome to the Forum. I'm just a regular person here, not an admin or anything like that & I see there is a flood of newbies to the site.
I'm not a vet but offer support when I can. I responded to someone else here about support & just wanted y'all to know there's plenty of support here & on the other forums. Just keep in mind everyone gives support in their own way & post in their own way. Some will give the rainbows & unicorns & some will give a kick to the rear & everything in between.
All I can say is give it time. What is said on 1 end can be heard differently on the other. Miscommunication does happen on these boards! Someone says 1 thing, the other hears something else, a post goes way left, feelings get hurt etc, etc.
I'm lucky that some of the people (vets, newbies etc)I've talked with here I've met in real life & they have been great & am proud to consider them friends. I hope y'all stick around & get some of that experience if you haven't gotten it already.
Again Good Luck & I'll see ya around on the boards! 
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another.
T-Rebel
I'm three and a half years out and totally a kick in the ass-er. I don't coddle or justify. Do what you need to do to succeed or suffer the consequences. To me, tough love it REAL love. I am only a biatch because I care.
I mean that.
ISO ... New "clique" members. You must be kind, warm, welcoming, honest, intelligent, and have a sense of humor. The words "shamed" or "victim" can not be in your regular vocabulary. Sarcasm is welcome (and wanted!), but cruelty is not. You must not be a coddler or a shamer. All members are free to classify themselves as vets, newbies, grasshoppers or anything else they desire.
I enjoy long walks on the beach, puppies, sunsets and taking off my bra as I pull in the driveway. If you are like minded, you are in!
And remember, we are ALL worthy of love, humor, and dignity.
I started a new group here for my old BP friends and any new friends who have a sense of humor. Link to join:
I'm three and a half years out and totally a kick in the ass-er. I don't coddle or justify. Do what you need to do to succeed or suffer the consequences. To me, tough love it REAL love. I am only a biatch because I care.
I mean that.
You don't have to be caring to be a biatch in our eyes. :)
(You are the "real deal"; keep posting in your style, I enjoy that!)
I'm three and a half years out and totally a kick in the ass-er. I don't coddle or justify. Do what you need to do to succeed or suffer the consequences. To me, tough love it REAL love. I am only a biatch because I care.
I mean that.
You don't have to be caring to be a biatch in our eyes. :)
(You are the "real deal"; keep posting in your style, I enjoy that!)
I love you.
ISO ... New "clique" members. You must be kind, warm, welcoming, honest, intelligent, and have a sense of humor. The words "shamed" or "victim" can not be in your regular vocabulary. Sarcasm is welcome (and wanted!), but cruelty is not. You must not be a coddler or a shamer. All members are free to classify themselves as vets, newbies, grasshoppers or anything else they desire.
I enjoy long walks on the beach, puppies, sunsets and taking off my bra as I pull in the driveway. If you are like minded, you are in!
And remember, we are ALL worthy of love, humor, and dignity.
I started a new group here for my old BP friends and any new friends who have a sense of humor. Link to join:
"What is said on 1 end can be heard differently on the other. Miscommunication does happen on these boards! Someone says 1 thing, the other hears something else, a post goes way left, feelings get hurt etc, etc."
That's the part that's gotten lost at the other site. :)
Most of us refugees are looking for straight talk and advice/experience from people who are further down the road than we are, without having to coddle people who aren't looking to really make a change in their lives and just want validation for poor choices. :D
And thanks for the warm welcome!!!
HW 306 - SW 297 - GW 175 - Surg VSG with Melanie Hafford on 8/17/2016
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Refugees 
love it!
Thanks for the welcome, I was a noob there of two weeks so I am glad I found out how it really was before I was into deep.
I am a VSG noob as well 4 days to go until surgery!! Excited, nervous, scared all in one.. I am a straight shooter so hoping to get help and give it as I make my way through life's next challenge.
Heaviest-325
Starting W-243
Surgery day-227
